Homepage

Directory Traversal Affecting tomcat6-el-2.1-api package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
12.56% (97th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-TOMCAT6EL21API-18522652
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed1 Jan 2015
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 1 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-5174  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 tomcat6-el-2.1-api.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat6-el-2.1-api package and not the tomcat6-el-2.1-api package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.

References